What topic would you recommend for next year`s program

April 11, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Social Science, Sociology, Globalization
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preparation and definition of explicit areas of responsibility (how to recruit faculty, how to orient adjuncts to the teaching profession, etc.) dual credit; more specifics on how THECB comes up with core curriculum, transfer requirement, and operating philosophy THECB, Beaman, lawsuit all necessary motivating faculty when budgets are tight managing difficult people relations between mid-level and higher level administrators; more on us as liaisons between faculty and high-level administrators how to find quality daytime adjuncts; I would also like you to continue legislative updates how to handle/manage faculty problems relating to teaching; maintaining/balancing quality of instruction with obstacles; on getting rid of poor instructors; fear of lawsuits focus on faculty development impact of globalization on our profession innovative strategies in teaching under-prepared students without lowering academic standards more on THECB teamwork & leadership; FERPA; how to handle conflicts between faculty “How to Avoid a Lawsuit”; “Nuts & Bolts”; “The Challenge of Leadership”; recommend all topics topics that I need to know as a new department head (moving from faculty TD adm.) same general topic is good – maybe change the workshops but keep focus the same time management for chairs – how to juggle classroom assignments, grading, committee work, evaluations, administrative meetings, etc. “How Texas Works” (always need to be informed); “How to Avoid a Lawsuit” budget development process; negotiating for limited funds; establishing standards for dual credit; establishing standards for distance ed.; academic integrity: preventing students from using their technological skills to cheat in classes more panels like the second session on Tuesday. That was the most practical and best take home. The technology presentation did not match the description. It was about DE rather than an overview of technologies that I was expecting. dual credit; core curriculum; changing technologies more on ethics in leadership; what presidents expect from their VPS, deans, division chairs; more like Greg Williams, Steve Head – on leadership styles, practices; more on computer/Internet security & student records and security, especially for CDI instruction; use some presenters from other than UT – maybe UNT or A&M

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brief discussion of history of community college – and its incorpo… (illegible) of state govt.; possible rep from SACs; all of the other discussions we did this time human resources dealing with difficult people; motivating others prospective attendees should be able to participate in planning part of the agenda, especially in terms of technology. There should be some way to encourage “cross-pollination” of ideas and approaches. Often people at different schools are “feeling their way” as far as certain issues are concerned as are their colleagues at other schools. focus on instructional department chair skills and teaching them about THECB, legislative issues, legal issues, etc. possibly time-management skills/strategies; state funding issues; always something on technology; Kouses & Posner leadership skills community college funding - ways to increase it; suggestions from other colleges and/or college boards a bit more on THECB – many of us just don’t have enough experience with them; perhaps session on SACs; session(s) on supervision – I know we are expected to have those skills, but it never hurts to improve; FERPA institutional effectiveness; assessment – instructional & non-instructional; accreditation issues – SACs; WECM dealing with conflict everything was on target diversity and changing student demographics; small roundtable with presidents and senior staff; student services perspective community college and its community involvement/responsibility; conflict resolution; interviewing – getting past the façade; professional expectations in a casual Friday world; financial consideration – getting needs address with limited funds continue session topics about the coordinating board and the legislature conflict management; handling poor performance and dismissal; performance reviews and improvement plans; working with difficult people; closing the gaps – mid-administrators don’t understand ethics, legal issues, and orientation to THECB should be standard topics discussed next year; the delivery of dual credit course using technology (online, teleconferencing, etc.); best practices for developing learning communities through instruction; developmental education (remediation) and college readiness hiring faculty – both full and adjunct; diversifying faculty; budget development I really liked the presentation by Beaman Floyd about legislative matters. A person cannot know enough about the legislative forces that influence us! details on community college funding formulas; program conception & development; grants – application & administration

Are there topics that relate to your professional responsibilities you would like addressed in a Webinar format? -

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hiring: legal and other issues; privacy issues & dual enrollment team building; effectively weaning multiple facs. disability services – when, how much, is there a limit; career services – who does it well; HR – best practices, hiring, posting; committees – how to choose, operate more info on coordinating board; how we work with the legislature to have effective colleges time management; choosing adjuncts funding structure of community colleges – how tax $, district $, tuition flow through the system; admin structures at community colleges – examples from across the state FERPA; legal issues troubleshooting budget issues within a department mentoring; learning communities; retention working with problem employees; is there any hope in changing problem employees? meeting SACs guidelines with faculty qualifications; dual credit – best practices; assessing learning outcomes; legislative updates it would be nice to have more legal info in the form of case studies; we can learn a lot from others’ successes and costly mistakes more on ethics; maybe roundtables for chairs only, deans only, administrators; list individual’s email by position at college FERPA dealing with difficult people dual credit; core curriculum; remediation insights (reports on successful remediation); honors programs; faculty appraisal; 360° appraisal; “distance” evaluation (for CDI courses); FERPA human resources advanced interactive courseware development faculty professional development many professional development topics are already being addressed by the Texas Leadership Alliance – good job! institutional effectiveness; assessment – instructional & non-instructional; accreditation issues – SACs; WECM nuts and bolts of working with THECB; practical application of FERPA community college and its community involvement/responsibility; conflict resolution; interviewing – getting past the façade; professional expectations in a casual Friday world; financial consideration – getting needs address with limited funds FERPA; dual credit details on community college funding formulas; program conception & development; grants – application & administration

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I was hoping this would take the form of training, but it was generally more conceptual than practical. I don’t normally respond well to the group activities, either, since I build relationships slowly. Really enjoyed opportunity to relate learned info; I really like the whole set up. Would like to see a “second tier” for the possibility of returning next year or the next. My institution is so small, we offer no leadership development within so travel and conferences are the only option. Wonderful conference, beautiful accommodations. I really appreciated the fact that I don’t have a lot of papers to cart back and throw away!! I appreciate getting to the meat of things and not wasting time of frivolity!! Great conference. Thanks for beginning this. I hope it becomes a tradition. Include job titles on roster in the future; not much content [in Monday’s morning session]; allow more time [for Monday’s first afternoon session]. [Sunday evening session] Great way to start a leadership conference. [Monday first afternoon session] For a rookie division chair, very informative. [Monday second afternoon session] We always need a political check! Thanks!; Great conference. I enjoyed the pace of the speakers. As a rookie chair, the banter of Q&A was very helpful. The speakers had time to address their topic in depth. Great topics, well planned, & the Lakeway resort was very comfortable. Great location & facilities. Even though I may not have given each session top rankings (content wise), I found almost every one very engaging and enjoyable to listen to. Have one lecture on history of higher education in U.S. The slides on CD are very beneficial. It will allow us to take something with us and provide us an opportunity to share it with others. The presentations were very informative and very well presented. The presenters were enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the subject matter. Keep future groups down to a workable size (less than 90) to ensure a closeness for the total group. A diversity of speakers (i.e. Hispanics and African-Americans) I’ve been to conferences dealing with specific issues with students; it’s great to attend a conference dealing with leadership and issues with college faculty and staff. Need to give THECB more time for presentation – maybe divide it into different topics. The resort is nice but too far from highway. Serve iced tea at breaks. The panel presentations were the weakest sessions. “Nuts & Bolts” was a good topic idea, but it lacked in overall presentation and follow through. “Best Use of Technology” was spread thin for me. I enjoyed the “lawsuit” session the most and will go back and ask for our lawyers to do more training. In my 18 years if attending various conferences, this, by far, has been the BEST, informative conference I have ever attended. =)

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Overall, this was an excellent conference. It was well-organized, extremely useful and informative, and appropriately paced/scheduled. Well done!! Thank you. This should be the model for all workshops. Food/refreshments were wonderful and hotel was amazing. Please give us email for ALL presenters. End on Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Keep Beaman Floyd and the “How to Avoid a Lawsuit” sessions. Maybe focus the legal session on specifics like FERPA, but also keep the Q&A free for all. Maybe consider an in-town location. Would have liked to have more information on how the THECB works, how courses come about, how we are pairs for contact hours, etc. This was a great session especially for me since I just became a division director. It gave me an idea about how to be the best I can be. Thank you! Dr. Darwin only lectured rather than engaged us. Took 20 minutes to get around to idea of “take minutes in meetings & distribute.” Never even said it straight. Entire group was very bored. Especially a problem since this was billed and introduced as “highly interactive.” Control break times. Optional “get together” on special topics for evening discussions. Set break times and keep their length in order to maintain conference schedule. Three-hour sessions are too long – leads to overkill on a topic. Need to have more interaction. Lakeway is too far away from Austin; setting is nice, but should be closer to “area” activities. Excellent conference – very much needed. Great conference. The lobbyist was excellent as were the attorneys. A few speakers spoke exclusively about their own institution’s organization and department configurations. (Do we need that?) How about a speaker from the Southern Association to talk about the direction they are headed in. *No cell phones on during presentations!!! This is terribly rude – we don’t let students do it – why should we do it? The afternoons are too long. [Sunday evening] too short – no discussion. [Monday first afternoon] David was not as good a presenter. [Tuesday second afternoon] Better with one presenter and interaction. A break-out time to meet with other “leaders” who have similar positions and have time for networking. Encourage presenters to include the “think… pair/share” in sessions (a bit more interactive rather than total lecture). Great conference! For me – I would have liked less time on the team presentation and more time with THECB and with Mr. Floyd. Ethics was good but maybe next year break people up into groups and have them work on some of those difficult situations and then present.

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Excellent conference. I expected a little more in-depth look at the THECB. Also funding in general rather than specific issues – although that was very interesting. At least one breakout session for participants in similar positions (chairs, deans, etc.). That would give them a chance to focus on issues specific to their activities and responsibilities. Bring Bill Holda back with more time. Good job! Would like an opportunity to discuss some items in small group session with workshop leader. It has been a fabulous conference at a lovely resort. Information provided has been invaluable. Very glad I came! I have much to take back and share. ***** - 5 star conference! Great meeting room set-up! Thank you! Difficult time of year for managers – maybe a week or to earlier. I would recommend open on Sunday same, two sessions morning and afternoon Monday and two morning and one afternoon on Tuesday and end. Second half of [Monday morning] presentation most beneficial. Speakers need to be motivating, relate relative experiences and not just teach or talk. Actually first two sessions extremely slow for experienced, educated leaders. THECB session extremely informative for mid-managers – professionally presented. Lobbyist just gave sit-down talk. I wanted to know his role, the issues, etc. Law speakers – excellent, and very relevant. “Technology” okay. “Nuts & Bolts” okay. Three hour sessions are too long. Please limit conference to 2 1/2 days. The “Orientation to THECB” with Glenda Barron and David Gardner should be a three-hour session; the ethics and legal sessions were great and I would like to get CEUs (getting ethics and legal credits are very tough); it may be of value to integrate roundtable discussion on hot topics that impact our profession. The “best Use of Technology” was not the best choice for this group. Too technical and administrative. A little boring. Better done at some sort of working group or breakout session. Michael Smart saved the session! There seemed to be much spirited interest in legal matters. Maybe more of that. I think that all the topics discussed contributed to my greater understanding of the world in which I operate. It is helpful to move around between sessions – use more than one room. Liked the large group format a lot.

E-mails received after the conference: Richard, I really enjoyed the conference and have passed my notes to others at CBC who are leading – top, middle, or bottom. Good job Richard. ghs

[To an e-mail list at Coastal Bend College: Dear Everyone: Attached are my notes from a conference hosted by Texas Community College Teachers Association in Austin this Sunday through Wednesday. It was a great

conference and as you will see, I am a compulsive note taker when there is much to remember. This was a really effective conference with credible speakers and a format that allowed us to concentrate and interact at the same time. Congrats to Richard Moore. There is information on ethic and leadership and other community college issues that I wanted to share with you. I know some of you are not in education, but you are leaders and will appreciate the ethics and leadership information. Thanks to Christi Cruz for “spelling” my fingers at times! To the PTK leaders, we might want to use some examples in training at some time. Goodnight. Ghs] Glynis Holm Strause Continuing Education Coordinator Coastal Bend College Good job, Richard! I think the "Leading from the Middle conference went very well" and I'm personally richer for having attended it (despite the cost of dinner in the Travis Restaurant.) I wanted to volunteer our services for the October meeting in the area of dual credit. We at GCC have several decades of experience teaching dual credit courses. We currently service around fourteen independent school districts in three counties, on-site and off-site, traditionally and via instructional television or distance learning. If we can help you in any way, please contact me or Dr. Ann Kirch, our division dean. Best wishes, Ron Velten Ron Velten Chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences Grayson County College Let me tell you again how pleased I was to hear your comments on these issues. I was very happy to see that you were certainly coming at these issues from an academic rather than a purely political perspective. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to support your efforts as we begin the 2006-2007 academic year. All of these issues that we discussed are difficult and challenging, but we can't afford to lose the battle if we really care about education as something more than a name on a piece of paper. Best wishes, Blanche Brick Division Chair Social Sciences Blinn College Bryan, Texas 77802

Hi Richard…..one more time….Wonderful conference!!! Although I just briefly got to meet you, I wanted to simply say that the programs were great and everything that was planned was well received, attended and appreciated….Excellent!….Since I had to leave after Tuesday evening session, I did not get the CDs that you said would be available on Wednesday. If you could, please send me those whenever you can…If I can ever assist on a committee (or whatever), please let me know… Dave Hubbard Trinity Valley Community College 100 Cardinal Drive Athens, Texas 75751 Richard and Mickey, thank you for putting together such an interesting program of people at the Leading from the Middle conference. I enjoyed it so much and learned lots from each speaker. First time ever that I enjoyed every presentation I attended. The facilities and food were great too. I appreciate being able to attend on such short notice and hope to attend another one in the future. Thanks again. Jan Jan Adams Special Populations Coordinator Tyler Junior College Support Services Richard, You did a fantastic job on this conference. I found it informative, interesting, and extremely beneficial! I can ever be of assistance to you, please let me know. Sincerely, Todd C. Coppic Division Director of Workforce Training Howard College San Angelo

[To fellow panel members, Greg Williams and Anna Maria Mendiola]: Enjoyed the opportunity to work with each of you on the conference. Found it very worthwhile personally and professionally. Regards, Steve Head

RichardA reminder for you to mail me a copy of the CD given at the conference. I truly enjoyed all the speakers. Don't know if a format like this could be presented at the fall conference. Thanks. Cynthia Martinez Temple College

Hi! Please add me to the list so that I can follow up with folks from this great conference. Judith Gallagher Tarrant County College

You did an AMAZING job with this seminar. BRAVO! And thank you. Jean Raniseski, Ph.D. Alvin Community College

Richard, We all agree that the conference was a big success. The speakers for the most part were well cognizant of our needs and presented key points in each session. Another key point of the success of the conference was the things you did to create a sense of camaraderie and collegiality during the entire time by setting an example. I enjoyed all the conversations we had both at dinner and during the breaks. Thanks, Nishi Mathew Nishi Mathew, Ph.D. Interim Department Chair Biology/Biotechnology Montgomery College

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